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A01208 Summary:

BILL NOA01208 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07170

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SPONSORSimon (MS)

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COSPNSRDavila, Zinerman, Epstein, Meeks, Anderson, Gonzalez-Rojas, Kassay, Simone

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MLTSPNSRCarroll R, Colton, Dilan, McDonough, Peoples-Stokes, Rozic, Seawright

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Add §3204-a, Ed L

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Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the "gun violence prevention act".

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BILL NOA01208 

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01/09/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1208

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, DAVILA, ZINERMAN, EPSTEIN, MEEKS, ANDER-
 SON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. R. CARROLL,
 COLTON, DILAN, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a gun
 violence prevention program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "gun
 2 violence prevention act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. Gunshot injuries are a major cause of death
 4 for children and adolescents in the United States, accounting for twelve
 5 percent of all premature deaths. Further, for every young person who
 6 dies as the result of a gunshot injury, five others are seriously
 7 injured by a gunshot. Concentrated efforts in the areas of drug and
 8 alcohol abuse prevention have demonstrated that preventive education can
 9 reduce risks for youth. But although there are many drug prevention
 10 programs, there are few gun violence prevention programs in existence.
 11 The intent of the legislature in enacting the "gun violence prevention
 12 act" is to implement a gun violence prevention program for school-aged
 13 youth and their families to help young people to develop victim
 14 prevention skills and to rehearse behaviors needed to manage problems,
 15 such as conflict and peer pressure, non-violently, without guns. The
 16 program would not oppose gun ownership or the well-supervised use of
 17 guns for hunting or sport.
 18 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 3204-a. Gun violence prevention program. 1. The department, in
 21 consultation with school districts, the department of health, the divi-
 22 sion of criminal justice services, the department of environmental
 23 conservation and any other educational organizations, is authorized and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02866-01-5

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 1 directed to develop and make available to school districts a gun
 2 violence prevention program. The program shall include: practical
 3 skills which students can use outside the classroom; opportunities for
 4 self-reflection and role-play of students' coping mechanisms and
 5 emotions; student-set goals for change; the development of competency
 6 and leadership skills to address issues with peers and the community;
 7 and parental and community involvement and support in the program.
 8 2. Every school may instruct students in pre-kindergarten through
 9 twelfth grade with respect to gun violence prevention using materials
 10 provided by the department for such purpose. Each school electing to
 11 provide such instruction may request information and resources therefor
 12 from the department pursuant to this article.
 13 3. The department shall provide a report to the governor and the
 14 legislature on or before July first, two thousand twenty-eight, assess-
 15 ing the results of the gun violence prevention program establi